time out

time out, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

I'm taking some time out from my photography habits on flickr due to personal reasons going on atm. So here's my final upload for a while....

Taken with a humble iPhone and processed on my Mac using Alien Skin Exposure.

warmer dayz

warmer dayz, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Five Guns West

Five Guns West, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Whist walking in the Pennine Moors one day last September, I looked up the hillside to my left and seen these horses freely roaming. Quite superb and I hurriedly grabbed my camera before they left this place..

For that little moment in time, I was back in West Texas in my head. lol

Taken in Lancashire, England.

acrophobia

acrophobia, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

My final image from Brimham Rocks in northern England. No, that's not me standing up there! ;)

lancashire

lancashire, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Hands up who’s missing those warm and sunny days when you could go out for a nice country walk?

I recently saw Fox News reporting about the severe winter conditions in NE America and then there was Sky News here reporting the extreme rain & floods in SW England!!

Yet today in Lancashire it’s mostly sunny & blue skies! Guess we’re just lucky…

Stay safe everyone.

timber

timber, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
(taken in Roddlesworth in Lancashire, England back in September)
Happy New Year folks - all the best for 2014.

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grafting

grafting, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Quite possibly my final pic for 2013. (taken back in September)
Wishing y’all a very happy new year and all the very best for 2014. I’ll be back next year!!!

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fat blobs

fat blobs, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Another shot using my +4 mag filter lens .. I'm a little miffed at the dof as these filters seem to effect the aperture quite a lot. I have no idea why... (anyone??)

This image was done at f/22 believe it or not.

On my next photography shoot, I'll take the +1 filter instead. You cannot physically get as close to the subject but the aperture is far, far less effected.

It's good to play ;^)

ouch!

ouch!, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

As I went out with my camera ..... I felt a rush of Xmas and went all Christmassy for this shot! ;)

Taken with my only lens - a 50mm prime - using a x4 mag filter. Nothing more.

big drip

big drip, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

This was the biggest drip I could find - insert joke here - so it was a good job I had a x4 mag filter on the camera!!

Taken somewhere out and about in Cheshire, England.

redz

redz, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Dusted off the camera and put on a 4x mag filter today and went out looking for spiders and any cool bugs… found zip! But I did get one or two nice shots of berries, leaves, plants, water droplets, etc… Here is the first pic that I hope you’ll like - there’s even a little evidence of Mr Spider too! I’ll get him next time……

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more munchies

more munchies, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
(taken on back in September on the moors in Lancashire, England)

Hello everyone - this is probably my last upload for a while. I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas - all the best to y’all - eat plenty of mince pies and enjoy the turkey! :^)

John 3:16-17
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

Merry Christmas everyone !!!

too nice

too nice, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

I'm really enjoying using Snap Art on my iMac. Really cool piece of software but this image also had help from Exposure app and Apple's Aperture too.

It's fun to play.........

munchies

munchies, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Lancashire, England.

Taken on a lovely summers day. Hmm well no, it was taken in November believe it or not and the day was gorgeous. Beautiful weather.

The location is geo-tagged on flickr. I love northern England as we have some beautiful rural areas for nice walks :)

burscough

burscough, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

I shot this one alongside a canal walk in Burscough which is a little town in West Lancashire, England.

Processed on my Mac using Snap Art and Apple Aperture. Thanks!

toon

toon, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Had a play with Snap Art on my Mac. What a fun app!

dacre castle

dacre castle, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

A digital painting I've only just created today from an iPhone shot taken back in August during our road trip of northern England.

This is Dacre Castle in the Lake District - Cumbria, England. A beautiful and majestic part of the world.

I've included 3 links on the flickr page for lots of cool infos about hauntings and the history of this castle that dates back to the 13th century!

creepy crawly

creepy crawly, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

As you can see from the hefty crop, I've not got a macro lens but I still like the end result. It's quite a creepy little spidery thing!

I added in the sun light and flare afterwards to make up for the dull background.....

After taking this, I ran away like a scary girl. Screaming, I was... Quite pathetic! ;^)

barb

barb, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

I didn't want to simply upload this as is... I thought it was pretty ok but dull as heck too. So I applied some textures and made it look old.

I like it now...!!

big crack!

big crack!, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

My latest flickr upload is of Shap Abbey. Taken on a beautiful day in August of this year during our road trip of NW England.

Cropped and processed in Apple Aperture and then textured in PSE9. I then applied a little extra and that frame using PhotoStyler. All in all - a Mac multi app adventure to get the painterly effect!!

Thanks for any comments / hope you like!

big crack!

big crack!, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

My latest flickr upload is of Shap Abbey. Taken on a beautiful day in August of this year during our road trip of NW England.

Cropped and processed in Apple Aperture and then textured in PSE9. I then applied a little extra and that frame using PhotoStyler. All in all - a Mac multi app adventure to get the painterly effect!!

Thanks for any comments / hope you like!

big tree

big tree, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

This flickr posting follows on from yesterdays as that barn is just off picture behind that fence... I textured this in photoshop and then tinkered with in Aperture to make it a little more olde or vintage maybe...

Love that big tree! Thanks for viewing.

open door

open door, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

I found this rural gem on a lovely country walk near Tockholes in Lancashire, England.

Processed it on my Mac using Exposure 5 and then tinkered with some more in Aperture for a few finishing touches. Also added a tad of texture using PSE9 as the sky was boring without.....

All in all, I enjoyed playing to create this! ;)

Christ church

Christ church, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

I shot this picture along Parbold Hill in Lancashire, England. It's looking up, across farmland, to Christ Church Douglas-in-Parbold.

The processing was done on my Mac using Snap Art and then layered and tinkered with in PSE9 with some final adjustments made in Apple Aperture.

bye bye november

bye bye november, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Adios to November!

...... but at least you went out in style. Gorgeous day for a nice walk out. So we did just that and then went for a slap up meal at Little Chef. Great day!

Taken with my iPhone 5 in pano mode, of course.

1879

1879, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

This image was taken in 2007 by somebody that knew nothing of photography (probably still doesn't!) but was eager to snap away a zillion times in this outstanding place.

Yup, I shot this. The place is a favourite of ours - Tombstone in southern Arizona, USA.

I've processed it to look really old.. like it was taken during the days of Ed Schieffelin.

What a venture this was - a great place with dusty streets, floor boarded sidewalks and cowboys walking around. Haha this is a guys perfect dream place (even girls in the saloon). Loved it here.

Must - go - back - someday !!!

bastrop

bastrop, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Taken in one of my favourite places during our 2009 road trip - Bastrop, Texas.

A real small-town feel here in this old downtown region and it was so lovely too. Great weather, nice shops and good to walk these beautiful streets. Like a modern day wild west town!

I was playing in a photography app using the sketch feature and liked the results... it was cool but nothing that I'd really end up posting to flickr. Then I thought to myself, why not apply it as a filter in photoshop and see what happens. Looks all wintery now!

I like the fx and I hope you do too :-)

smoke

smoke, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Any Texans out there in West Texas, pretty close to Del Rio? I would love to know if this tourist attraction / movie set of John Wayne's The Alamo is still up & running.

It was a wonderfully unique experience to walk around this western style town. Just like something outta the movies? Sure was - and is - as many movies and tv shows have been made here. (but see my flickr page for some links)

Processed to look old and crusty deliberately for your pleasure. I love to play!

H2O

H2O, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

An old image from 2007 and one I fiddled about with in photoshop eons ago now .. but I only just found it tonight. I was about to scrap it and re-process tonight but then i figured why not save myself a load of time and upload this?

I would like to think I could photoshop this far better today then I did back ... whenever I edited this!! I'm sure I could actually - but - I still like this as is. So it's on flickr right now for all to laugh at....err I mean enjoy!

IF anyone reading this is ever in this part of New Mexico then I would strongly advice a visit to White Sands. It's an awesome place - looks like the north pole but in blistering hear (even in April when we was there).

Been twice + love it here.
Bring water with you!

buggy

buggy, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

life on the ranch

life on the ranch, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

A scene from the old wild west .... Fort Davis in West Texas. Taken back in 2009.

West Texas

West Texas, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

I'm no professional photographer ... but I am 100x better today then I was when I first started to find an interest in cameras back around 2008/9.

This image was a point+clicker taken in 2009 - Terlingua, West Texas. Of course, I'd give anything to test out what I've learned about photography so far and see the kind of picture I could now take.

But .... that ain't gonna happen anytime soon (£££) .... So I'll have to make do and tart up some old pics!

So, here is a part of West Texas that I hope somebody somewhere likes! I do :^)

terlingua

terlingua, a photo by AppleCrypt on Flickr.

Continuing on with my resurrection of my old pictures .... here is a shot from Terlingua taken back in 2009.

This is a famous Texas ghost town that is based right besides the beautiful Big Bend National (and State) Park in West Texas.

I loved exploring here in the scorching heat. A fascinating ghost town that covers a large area of Terlingua - I sure hope to go back one day and taken lots of better pics!

Better get saving . . . .